De La Paz Carrillo and her husband, Juan Martínez Domínguez, purchased a mobile home in 2007 and made payments for years before they found out they didn’t have a clear title like they were promised.

Not having clear ownership meant that they couldn’t make the trailer wheelchair-accessible for their children, Juan Diego, 10, and Jesús, 3, who have a genetic disease that limits their mobility and causes respiratory issues.

After real estate attorney Mark Hawkins donated his services and helped them acquire the title, De La Paz Carrillo says she felt a sense of relief wash over her. “I feel much calmer,” she says in Spanish.

The family was part of the Statesman Season for Caring program last year. Every year, the Statesman tells the story of 12 families who have been nominated to the program by local nonprofit organizations. We invite the community and local businesses to donate a gift of money or goods or services on the families’ wish lists. Donations are given to the featured families first, and then, every year, Season for Caring funds help hundreds of other families through the selected nonprofit agencies.

SpawGlass donated all the work and materials and finished the project in late September. The boys now have their own wing with a bedroom and accessible bathroom.

Since the renovations to their mobile home, De La Paz Carrillo says the family’s daily routine has become a lot more manageable. She and her husband used to have to carry Juan Diego to a shower that wasn’t accessible. Now, in their renovated bathroom, they have the space to use a lift that helps the 10-year-old bathe.

“It’s a big help and much more comfortable for him to have an updated bathroom,” Martínez Domínguez says.

Liliana De La Paz Carrillo moves the Lift and Care Systems for her son’s bathtub at their home. Before SpawGlass remodeled this bathroom, it was not big enough to use the lift. RICARDO B. BRAZZIELL/AMERICAN-STATESMAN

“How much do you like your big, new room?” Martínez Domínguez asks his son as Juan Diego plays video games on a smartphone on a recent afternoon. “Lots!” Juan Diego says. He picked out the color blue for his spacious new bedroom that has wider doors and more room for his medical equipment and frequent therapist visits. Juan Diego’s bedroom has a door that leads to an expanded outside deck, where he now has room to play. In August, Juan Diego saw the solar eclipse from there. He was able to put on eclipse glasses and have enough space on the deck to recline his wheelchair and enjoy the solar event.

“It feels like he has more control now as he navigates throughout the house,” De La Paz Carrillo says. “I want to thank everyone who helped make this a reality. All of these changes have helped solve so many of our problems.”

For SpawGlass, it became a team-building opportunity as different people in the company came together to work on what they estimate was about a $20,000 project. “We’re happy to do it,” says Kirby Baird, president of the Austin division of SpawGlass.